Gearing for washing-machines.



W. 1A SCHUUNOVER. (BEARING FR WASHlNG MACHENES.

APPLCATION fILED IUN 2B. |916.

Patented July 30, 1918 W. l. SCHUNUVEB. HEARING FR WASHING MCHlNS. APPucmoN meu lunsza, me. l ,2?4087, Patented July 30, 1918.

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W. J. SCHUUNOVR.

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WILLIAM JACKSON scHooIIovEn, oF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

GEARING FOB WASHING-MACHINES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1918.

Application filed June 28, 1916. Serial Ho. 108,308.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM J. SoHooN- oven, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing for Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention is concerned with gearing for washing machines, and is designed to produce a gearing of the class described that shall be suitable primarily for hand-oper ated lever Washing machines of the vacuum or pounder type, in which the operating mechanism extends upward through the bottom of the tub.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto three sheets of drawings, in which the same refr-renee characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which- Figure l is a vertical section as seen substantially on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2; i'

Fig. 2 is a` plan view in section as seen on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is ya view in section on a larger scale on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail in section, as seen on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view in section as seen ou the lino .fi-5 of Figm l, with the parts on the scale shown in Figs. 3 and 4;

Fig. 6. sheet 2, is an enlarged view of the upper end of the vertically reciprocating rod carrying the cups, but with the parte` in position as they would be seen from the lett-hand Iside of l; and

Fig. 7 is a view in section on the line 7--7 of Fig. C'.

In carrying out my invention, l preferably apply it to the ordinary tub l() having the cover l1. the bottom 12. and supported Pivoted on the side. of the tub, as by the bracket 14, is a hand leier l5, which preferably has the detael'iable handle 16 supported when in use in the socket l7,'t'orming the upper end of the metallic portion of the hand lever l5. Pivoted on the lower' end of the hand lever 15. is the pitman 1S, the other end of which is pivoted on the outer end of the stud 19, cecentrieally mounted in the spur gear wheel 20, which is journaled on the stud shatty 2l supported from the bracket. 22 Secured to the, under side of the bottom 12 of the tub, and preferably having the foot portion 23, which is supported on the wooden bar 24 extending transversely beneath the center of the bottom of'the trib, and su ported by' the angle bars 25 connecting t le egs 13. To equalize the operation of the machine and cause it to operate easily once it is started, I journal on the bearing stud 26 supported in the outer end of the arm 27 projecting' downward and outward from the bracket 22, the heavy fly-wheel 28, which has the rather long hub 29 terminating in the spur gear pinion 30 meshing with the Ispur gear wheel 20, so that as the hand lever is operated, the fly-wheel 28 is speeded up in the customary manner.

Journalcd on the pin 19, between the pitmau 18 and the spur gear wheel 20, is a rectangular bearing block 3l, which is adapted to slide back and forth in the horizontal bearing aperture 32, of the head 33, which is pinned or otherwise rigidly secured on the lower end of the vertical reciprocating rod,34, which, as best seen in Fig. 5, is adapted to slide up and down in the bearing sleeve 35, the main ortion of which extends upward into tie center of the tub above the normal water line, while the somewhat reduced and threaded lower portion 36 extends through the bottom 12 of the tub and the arm 37 of the bracket 22, and hasl the stutling nut 38 screwed n its` lower end to hold the .sleeve in position and form a water-tight packing for the rod 34. l may employ in connection with the head 33, the guiding bar 39, pinned in the under side thereof and `extending down through an aperture formed in the foot 23 of the bracket 22, and also through the registi-.ring aperture in the wooden bar 24.V The sleeve 35v preferably has the horizontal flange 40 which rests on the packing disk 41 interposed between the flange and the bottom 12 of thc tub,.as best. seen in Fig. 5.

On the up er end of the rod 34, I mount the hub 42 o the spider 43, which preferably has the three arms diverging at equal angles, and supporting the cups 44 on the under sides of their outer ends, so that as the rod 34 reciproeates, the. cups will be. moved down to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. l, and back to the full-line position. The spider is mounted to turn freely upon the reduced upper end of thc shaft 34, and for this purpose. I `pass the pin 45 into the hub 42 and into the .semi-circula r annular groove 46 formed iu the reduced upper end of the rod .'t-t. so thnt thv spidvr will he free to r0- lntv on thv shatl't i-l whilv it must riso und full with it. 'l`o rotsitv thv l pidvr :i short. distztuvv on thv rod it :tt vxuh lvvit'novntion thvrvof. l prvfvrohir vniplo)l thv nivvlmnistu hvht illu trntvd iu l"i;: t' und T. nhvrv it will'Y hv l\vvn tlnit l svvurv :l vollnr 4T on tht` rod itl n l-uitnhlv distnnvv hvnvzith thv huh 2L uhivh h:|\` thv rnlvhvt tvvth li t'oxtuvd on ith4 undvr sidv. (in :i [htttvuvd vut-:twaty fnvv 49 of thv vollnr t?. l t'ulvruni thv 4whortV lv\'vr 5U. :is hy thv Ivrvu' 5l. Un onv vnd of Huid lvttl'. :is hy thv svrvw Trl. l fulvruni thv dog 33. thv lou'vr vnd of \\"hivh is vnhu'gvd o1' uviglttvd o that thv do;r tvndl to stuud in n \v|titnl position with it nosv .il vnuutjing.: thv rutvhvt tvvth itt. pin 5f. projvvting`r from thv vorrvspondin;T vnd of thv lvm-'r 5th -\vr\v:\I to lintit Ihv niorvlnvnt ol' thv do;A fuit in onv dirvvtion. 'l`o thv othvr vnd ot thv lvrvr ltl. l pirotulli vonuvvt thv rod or liul .3th whit-h v,\'tviul,\4 thmuuutd Through :in :ipvrturtin :t tlzingv or vollnr fit. vxtvudin.;` horixontzilli from thv top ol thv guiding: `|vv\v .\u vphtl'gvluvnt fm tot thv liutloin ol' thv rod fili livnvuth thv Ilztnjgy Si liulitt` thv vxlvnt of thv upward lnorvnivnl, ol' thv rod. with thv rv\ult thnt duringr plzlv livnl| :ill ot' thv rvvi|u'ovattin; r niorvmvut of thv rod Itf` vxvvpt thv ln l portion ot it up- \\nrd inovvulvut. thv \\'vi;:'ht otl thv dog .'it o\'vrln1l::ut-v thv \\'vi; [ht oll thv rod l'. :ttul thv pnrlvstund iu thvir rvlntirv po`itioo` `-hown in l"ig f.`t Nvnr thv linut ol thv up wurd tnm'vnivnt ol' thv rod lil. thv hvzul .3H vontnvt n'i'th thv undvr lNidv of thv tlungv 3T. und stop v thv t'urthvr upn'nrd |uo\vn1vut of thv rod Titi. with thv l'vsult thnt thv lv\vr 5t) is swung on it.-t fuh'runi 5l. nud thv uosv 54 of thv dorg1r 53 is strung n hoi't distant-v through thv urv ot" u virvlv Hullivivnt to :itt vtmt'v thv huh 42 of thv spidvr through thv f inguhn' distnnvv rvprvsvntvd hv onv or two 0`f the ltl/(tl'iotA tvvtll 4S. To pl'otvt'f thv rod 56 from possihlv vontovt with tluvlothvhl which ytill tho lowvr' port of thv tuh :ihout the slvovv 35. I prvfvrnhly n'oridv -iu von- Neotion with Suid slvvvv thvv ongzzttvd pvvlmt 59, which muv lio cust integral 'with :nul form n part o v said slvv'rv. While] have shown and dvsvrihvd my invnt'on nu enihodivd in thv t'orm whivh I :it )resent consider hvat :ithiptvd to vin-ry out its purposes, it will hv undvrstood that it is capable of modifications. und tlmt I do not (ivoire to he limited in thv intvrprvtntion of tlho' following vluinis vxvvpt ns muy hv neoossi d by the stutv. of thv prior nrt. What LIclaim as new, and lt-sint to svvnrv by Lctters'utont'. of thv lTnitvd Stntvs is: l. .ln n. gearing, thv comhnntion with :i Support adopted to hold vi'ntvrund haring n vertionl livnring Slt-vvvY vxtvud|n;Y through the ovlltl'tll portion of thv hottotu thvtvol'` of n shaft mounted to rvciprm'ntv lvnglhwso in said bearing, a horizontall -slottted mp8s hond secured on the lower en -of the shaftz'ii gvau' whvvl journnlvd hvncnth said support adjuvant thvcross hond. an evvvntric vpin thereon vxtvndingr into und vopvmting with thv vx'oss hvnd to rvvipl'ovntv tho shaft, a tlv-whvvl journztlvd hvnvath tho support, u Ivor pinion vonnvvtvd to thvl hnb'of tho flyf whvvl und nivshng: with the gvnr wheel, and nivzins t'or rotatingr said goor wheel.

52. ln at gwn-ing'. thv ot'nnhinntion'with'u support ndztptvd to hold wntvr :ind inwingn rvrtivnl hvaring slvvro vxtvnding through tht` vvntrnl portion of thel bottom thervof, ot' n shot't niountvd to reciprocate lvngthwisv in snid hvnringj. n horizontnllyislotted vrosshvnd svvurvd on tho lower vnd of thv `dint'h :i gvur whvvl jourtntlvd livvnth Said wipport udjuvvnt tht` vroswhvnd. un Ptven triv pin thvrvon vxtvntling into und voperl- :itungr with thv vio .+tnnd to rvviprotailv tho hott .t tllyrwhvvl Aiournulvd hvnvtith thv snip` poit. :i pour pinion vonnvvtvd to thv huh ot thv tll\\\hvvt :ind lnvshin,\ r with the Ivor whrvt. :i mii-)ging lvrvx tulvrtuuvd on thv sith' otI thv support. :uni :i pitninu vonnvrtin;lr thv loud vnd ot' thv ivrvr und tho vvvvntiiiv pini It. ln u gmt-ing. thv voxnhinntion with :i support ndnptvd to hold wutvr and haring u rvrtit-:il hvuringf hdvvvv t-xtvluiing' through thv vvutrul portion ot' thv bottoni thvl'vof. ot' :i shaft niountvd to rvt'iprovntv lvugtltwisv iustiid hvaringr. invnn lovntvd hvnvnth thv support und vonnvvtvd to thv lowvr vnd ot' thv ulml't to rvviprovntv it lvuglthwiw. :i apidvr mountvd to totntv on thv uppvl' vnd ot' tht` `hath und vonnvvtiom hvtwvvn thv spidvr :ind thv shaft :ivtuntvd by thv niovv nivnt ot' thv lztttvr to rototv th'v spidvl stt-p hiv tvp.

4. ln it gvzuing. thv voinhinntion with u support udnptvd to hold wntvr und h :iviug n vvrtivzil hvuringr slvvvy vxtonding' through thv vvntrnl portion of` tho bottom thvrvof` of :i slmtt mountvd to rvviprovntv lengthwise in snid hvau'ing. nivvtu'is vonnvvtvd to tho lowvr vnd of thv hnft to rvviprovntc itA lvngthwisv. :i IQpidvr niountvd to votato on thv nppvr vnd of thv shaft` n rutvhvt. motilitvd on thv lpidvr` n dogr vopvl'nt-ing with the ratvhvt. und othvr vonnvvtious livtweon tho spidvr und thv shaft nvtuntvd by the lnovcmvnt. of thv lnttvr to rvvipr 'ntex the dog to rotntv thv spidor.

5. Tn u gfvnring:` thv vonihinntion wit-li a lQupport. lnlving :i vvrtivnl hvm'inglovvetoxtvndinpr thvrvthrough` of n Shaft, mounted to rvviprovtlto lvnfthwioo ln Suid bearing, iuvtuis vonnvctvd'int onv vnd of the shtift. to rvviprm'n'to it lvngrthwisv. n Spider mountvd to rotntv on thv, othvr vnd of the shaft, und vonnvvt ions bvtwvvn thv `pidv-r und thv shalt" ilvttuibvd by thv inmvuivnt of the lutter to" rotutsv the Hpdvr step hy stop.

6. In a gearing, the combination with a -supportadapted to hold water and having a vertical bearin sleeve extending therethrough, of a sha t mounted to reciprocate lengthwise in said bearing, a swinging lever fiilcrumed upon the side of the support, a itman connected to the load end of the ever, a, gear wheel carrying an eccentric pin to which the other end of the pitman is connected, said gear wheel being located beneath the support, connections between the eccentric pin and the shaft for reciprocating the latter lengthwise, a fly-wheel also journaled beneath the support, a pinion on the hub of the Hy-whecl meshing with the gear wheel, a spider mounted to rotate on the upper end of the shaft, and connections between the spider and shaft actuated by the movement'of the `latter to rotate the spider step by` step.

7. I n, a gearing, the combination with a sup ortdlasin a vertical bearing-sleeve ex-` tent therethrough, of a shaft mounted to reqiprocatedengthwise yin said bearing, a swinging lever fulcrumcd on the support, a pitman connected to the load end of the lever, a gear wheel carrying ap eccentric pin to which the other end of the pitman is connected, connections between the eccentric pin and Ithe shaftlfor reciprocati,ng it lengthwise, si il wliehn pinion on the hubof the flywhee meshing ndththe gear wheel, a spider mounted yto rotate on the otheraend of the shaft,- and cnnections between the spider andfshaft v-actuated by the movement of the latter to rotate thc spider step by step.

8. In a gearing, v,thecombnaton `with a support having a vertical bearing-sleevel ex' tending therethron i,.of a Ashaft mounted| to mclplocltelen twine in-said hearing,

means connected vat one end of'the shaft to reciprocate `it lengthwise,"n spider mounted to rotate on the other end of the shaft, a ratchet mounted on the spider, a dog coperating with the ratchet, and other connections between the spider and the shaft actuated by the movement of the latter to rccprocate-thc dog' to mult() the spider.

i). In a nearing, the nnhuaiion with a support having a vertical hearing-sleeve oxti-niling therethrough, of a shaft mounted to reciprocntc lengthwise in said bearing, nii-ans connectedV al` oiieend of the shaft to rcciprmvate il lengthwise, a spider mounted to rotate ou the itin-rend of the shaft, a,

ratchet mounted on the spider. n dog coperating with the ratchet, a. rod depending alongside the shaft and connected with the dog, and connections between the rod and the vertical bearing-sleeve to move the rod to swing the dog.

10. In a gearing, the combination with a slip ort havin r a vertical-bearing-sleeve exten in therct irough, of a shaft mounted to reciprocate lengthwise in said bearin means connected with one end of the sha t to reciprocate it lengthwise, a spider mounted toV rotate on the other end of the shaft, a ratchet mounted on the spider, a lever'fulcrumed on the upper end of the shaft, ii dog pivoted on one end of the lever, a rod depending alongside the shaft from the other end of the lever, and means to stop the longitudinal mvement of the rod to enlise the dog to rotate the spider at the end of the upward movement of the shaft.

l1. In a gearing, the combination with a support havin a vertical bearing-sleeve extending therethrough, of a shaft mounted to reciprocateF lengthwise in said bearing, mcans connected with one end of the shaft to reciprocate it lengthwise, a spider mounted to rotate on the other end of the shaft, a ratchet mounted on the spider, a lever fulcrumed on the upper end of the shaft, a dog pivotedfon o nc end of the lever, a rod depending alongside the shaft from the other end of the lever, said sleeve ha ving an elongated pocket therein to receive the rod, and connections between the rod and pocket to move the rod to actuatc the dog.

12. In a` gearing, the combination with il.

support having ii vertical insuring-sleeve extending therethrough. of a shaft mounted to reciprocate lengthwise in said bearin a horizontall slotted cross-head secure on one end oi'y the shaft, a bracket depending fi'oin the support, a horizontal heariug-sha ft projecting from the bracket, a gear wheel ]oilrnaled on the horizontal shaft, an eccentric pin thereon extending into the slotted cross-head, an arm extendingr from thoV 

